MILESTONES & MUSINGS FOR JAN.26, 2016

• Shane Doan, the Coyotes captain played in his 1,433rd career game to move past Mike Gartner (1,432) and into sole possession of 25th place on the NHL’s all-time games played list.
• Sabres forward Evander Kane played in his 400th NHL game.
• Alain Vigneault (NYR) coached his 1,019th career game to tie Pat Burns for 19th place on the NHL’s all-time games coached list.
• Both the Red Wings (25-16-8, 58 points) and Bruins (26-17-5, 57 points) won on Monday to keep pace in the Atlantic Division, where the top four teams are separated by just five points:

 

 

NHL SKILLS COMPETITION FORMAT

The NHL announced the details and format of the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition, which will take place on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena (6:00 p.m. CT / 7:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).

Six events will make up the competition: Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater, Honda NHL Breakaway Challenge, DraftKings NHL Accuracy Shooting, Gatorade NHL Skills Challenge Relay, AMP Energy NHL Hardest Shot and Discover NHL Shootout.

The League also announced the details of NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City, which will take place on Friday from the Honda Stage at Bridgestone Winter Park in downtown Nashville (7:00 p.m. CT / 8:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, SN). The one-hour primetime special will feature live roundtable discussions with NHL All-Stars, performances from top country music artists and a few surprises.

 

MONDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Detroit 4, NY ISLANDERS 2
Boston 3, PHILADELPHIA 2
COLUMBUS 5, Montreal 2
NY RANGERS 6, Buffalo 3
DALLAS 2, Calgary 1
Arizona 2, MINNESOTA 1 (SO)

 

SNEAK PEEK AT TUESDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Anaheim @ Boston, 7:00 p.m.
New Jersey @ Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago @ Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus @ Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo @ Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto @ Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona @ Winnipeg, 8:00 p.m.
Nashville @ Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
Colorado @ San Jose, 10:00 p.m.